PHOTOS: Storied Chicago Taverns, Week 1

Meier’s Tavern, 235 E Lake Ave. in Glenview (meierstavern.com) is one of the oldest oases in the suburbs. It had been a farmhouse turned speakeasy, surrounded by open fields, when it was purchased by the Meier family in 1932 and it opened the next year serving 10-cent beer, 15-cent burgers and offering pony rides for the kids.